Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000)

White Teeth follows two wartime friends, Bagladeshi Samad Iqbal and Englishman Archie Jones, as well as their families in London. The novel focuses on Britain’s relationship with people from formerly-colonized countries in Asia, Africa, and the Carribbean.

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